ICS 03.100.

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备案号 Registration No. 13618-2004

中华人民共和国电力行业标准

China Electric Power Industrial Standard

DL/T 868-2004
代替 Supersedes SD 340-1989

焊接工艺评定规程
Code for Welding Process Qualification

2004-03-23 发布 Issued on March 23, 2004 2004-06-01 实施 Effective as of June 1, 2004

中华人民共和国国家发展和改革委员会 发布

Issued by State Development and Reform Commission, China

 Contents
Foreword
1 Coverage
2 Normative Reference Documents
3 Terminology
4 General Rules
5 Basic Regulations
6 Qualification Items and Test Specimen Preparation
7 Test Methods and Qualification Criteria
8 Procedure and Management of Qualification Work
Annex A (Informative Annex) Classification of Common Foreign Steel Materials
Annex B (Informative Annex) Format of Welding Process Qualification
Prospectus, Scheme and Report
 前言
Foreword

According to requirement by Notification on Confirmation of plan for 1999’

Electric Power Industrial Standard Development and revision issued by State
Economy and Trade Commission, SD340-1989 Code for Welding Process
Qualification of Boilers and Pressure Vessels in Heat Power Plants are revised,
whose format is arranged as per DL/T600-2001 Basic Regulations for
Compilation of Electric Power Industrial Standards.

In the standard revision, related international standards, state standards

and related domestic and regulations are referenced. In order to correctly
perform welding works involved in production, construction, inspection and
repair, and reformation in electric power industry, welding process guide
documents must be set up by following specified procedures. The standard
provides criteria for welding process qualification to be completed before
welding process guide documents are drafted. Basic standards used in
welding jobs in electric power industry are DL/T 869-2004 Welding Technology
Code for Heat Power Plants and DL/T6578-1999 General Specification for
Steel Structure Welding in Electric Power Stations. The standard is a relatively
independent one to support said standards.

The original code has been implemented for more than 10 years,
promoting welding technology development in electric power industry, playing
a very good role to improve welding work quality. As technologies advance, the
code showed some inadaptability. The revision mainly expands applicable
coverage of welding methods, increases new steel brands used in electric
power stations during recent years: improperly complicated procedure and
contents in the original code are adjusted. The standard becomes effective
and supersedes SD340-1989 Code for Welding Process Qualification of
Boilers and Pressure Vessels in Heat Power Plants, covers all welding process
qualification work in electric power industry.
 The standard becomes effective and supersedes SD340-1989.

Annex A and B to the standard are informative annexes.

The standard is presented by China Association of Electric Power Enterprises.
The standard shall be centrally managed and interpreted by Welding
Standardization Committee for Electric Power Stations in Electric Power
Industry.
The standard is drafted by Electric Power Construction Research Institute and
Power Supply Department under State Power Co., Liaoning Power Plant,
Liaoning Electric Power Science Research Institute, and Tianjin Electric Power
Construction Co.
The standard is specifically drafted by Guo Jun, Yang Jianping, Li Weidong,
Zhang Peiliang, Zhang Xinlin and Liu Chuanyu.
 Code for Welding Process Qualification
1 范围
1 Coverage

The standard specifies rules, test methods and certified standard for
welding process qualification (qualification for short hereafter) performed
before fabrication, installation and repair welding jobs of steel equipment,
such as boilers, pipelines, pressure vessels and load bearing structures in
electric power industry and welder skill examination are implemented.
The standard applies to welding process qualification of welding
methods, such as electrode arc welding, tungsten electrode argon arc
welding, fusion electrode gas protection welding, core wire electric arc
welding, gas welding and hidden arc welding.
2 规范性引用文件
2 Normative Reference Documents

Clauses contained in the following documents are referred by the standard

and become clauses of the standard. Any reference document with date
indicated and their subsequent modification sheets (excluding error
corrections) or revised editions do not apply to the standard, however, all
parties who enter into an agreement based on the standard are encouraged to
probe into possibility of use of the latest editions of such documents. For any
reference document without date indicated, their latest editions are applicable
to the standard.
GB/T 228-2002 Metal Materials Method for Tensile Tests under Ambient
temperature
GB/T 229 Method for Metal Sharpe Notch Impact Test
GB/T 231.1 Metal Brinell Hardness Test Part I: Testing method
GB 713 Steel Sheets for Boilers
GB/T 983 Stainless Steel Welding Electrodes
GB/T 1220 Stainless Steel Rods
GB/T1221 Heat Resisting Steel Rods
GB/T 1591 Low Alloy High Strength Structure Steels
GB/T 2649 Sampling Method for Mechanical Property Test of Welding Joints
GB/T 2650 Method for Welding Joint Impact Test
GB/T 2651 Method for Welding Joint Tensile Test
GB/T 2653 Method for Welding Joint bending and Crushing Test
GB/T 2654 Method for Welding Joint and Built-up Welding Metal Hardness
Test
GB/T 3077 Alloy Structure Steels
GB/T 3087 Seamless Steel Tubes for Low and Middle Pressure Boilers
GB/T 3274 Carbon Structure Steels and Low Alloy Structure Steels Hot
Rolled Thick Steel Plates and Strips
GB/T 3280 Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Sheets
GB/T 3323 Radiography and Quality Classification of Steel fusion butt welding
joints
GB/T 4237 Hot Rolled Stainless Steel Sheets
GB/T 5117 Carbon Steel Welding Electrodes
GB/T 5118 Low Alloy Steel Welding Electrodes
GB/T 5293-1999 Carbon Steel Welding Wires and Fluxes for Hidden Arc
Welding
GB 5130 Seamless Steel Tubes for High Pressure Boilers
GB 6479 Seamless Steel Tubes for High Pressure Chemical Fertilizer Plants
GB 6654 Steel Sheets for Pressure Vessels
GB/T 8110 Carbon Steel and low Alloy Steel Welding Wires for gas Shield Arc
Welding
GB/T 10045 Carbon Steel Flux-Cored Wires
GB/T 12470 Fluxes for Low Alloy Steel Hidden Arc Welding
GB/T 14958 Steel Wires for Gas Shield Welding
DL/T 678 General Specification for Welding Steel Structures in Power Stations
DL/T 679 Procedure for Welder Skill Examination
DL/T 752 Welding Process Procedure for Dissimilar Steels in Heat Power
Plants
Dl/T 821 Radiographic Inspection Technology Procedure for Steel Pressure
Pipeline Butt Welding Joints
DL/T 819 Technological Procedure for Welding Heat Treatment in Heat Power
Plants
DL/T 869-2004 Technological Procedure for Welding in Heat Power Plants
JB 4726 Carbon Steel and Low Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessels
JB 4728 Stainless Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessels
JB 4730 Non-Destructive Test of Pressure Vessels
JB/T 10087 Technical Specification for Pressure Steel Castings of Steam
Turbines
YB(T) 32 Cold Drawn Seamless Steel Tubes for High Pressure Boilers
YB(T) 40 Thick Carbon Steel and Low Alloy Steel Sheets for Pressure Vessels
YB(T) 41 Thick Carbon Steel and Low Alloy Steel Sheets for Boilers
(1984) DJH Doc. No. 146 Guides to Metallographic Examination in Electric
Power Construction by Ministry of Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Industry, China, Nov. 14, 1984
3 术语
3 Terminology

Following terms are applicable to the standard.

3.1 Welding Process Qualification (Qualification for short)
Test process and result evaluation performed to verify correctness of welding
process parameter to be drawn up. Qualification parameters are classified as:
a) Primary parameters, referring to welding conditions affecting
mechanical properties of welding joints (except impact toughness);
b) Additional primary parameters, referring to welding conditions affecting
impact toughness of welding joints;
c) Secondary parameters, referring to welding conditions not affecting
mechanical properties of welding joints.

3.2 Welding Joint of Dissimilar Steels

Welding joints formed between steels with dissimilar metallographic structures,
including commonly welding joints between austenitic steel, martensite steel,
bainite steel and pearlite steel.

3.3 Test Piece

Welding piece manufactured as per pre-defined welding process for welding
process qualification test. A test piece contains two parts, i.e., mother metal
and welding joint.

3.4 Welding Piece

Component connected by welding process.

3.5 Test Specimen

Standard specimen or non- standard specimen prepared for tests according to
related standards.
3.6 Transverse Bend
Bends with welding seam axis vertical to longitudinal axis of test specimen.

3.7 Longitudinal Bend

Bends with welding seam axis parallel to longitudinal axis of test specimen.

3.8 Face Bend

Bends with front face of welding seam being pulled face of test specimen.
Face with larger welding seam width is called front face; when widths of
welding seams on both sides are equal, the side on which face-covered
welding seam is completed first is called front face.

3.9 Back bend

Bends with back face of welding seam being pulled face of test specimen.

3.10 Side Bend

Bends with cross section of welding seam being pulled face of test specimen.

4 General Rules

4.1 Before components specified in Article 1 are welded, welding contractor

shall check up whether or not there is any qualification information. If not or
coverage of present information does not comply with said welding project,
qualification must be examined.

4.2 Qualification shall be evaluated according to reliable steel welding

properties and performed as per the standard before formal welding is
conducted. Information data to be used for welding property qualification
evaluation shall be provided by steel supplier or collected by welding
contractor.
 Data to support steel welding property qualification include technical
parameters of steel, report on steel welding crack sensitivity test, research
report, report on strain corrosion test, public related theses public related
summaries of welding works, etc.

4.3 Steels and welding materials for qualification assessment shall carry
factory certificates and conform to corresponding standards. If there is any
doubt, major elements shall be re-checked and mechanical property tests shall
be performed.

4.4 Welding equipment and tools for qualification assessment shall be under
normal operating conditions, parameter recording instruments and gas flow
meter, etc. shall be calibrated.

4.5 Standard for welding process qualification shall meet regulations in product
specification. If qualified standard is not specified in product specification, then
tests shall include mechanical test, bending tests and other tests specified in
product specification, and their qualified standard shall follow the standard. In
test process, artificial factors shall be removed, and welding process is
regarded qualified if each test item is qualified.

4.6 Persons who preside qualification evaluation and who comprehensively

assess test results shall be welding engineers. Operators who perform test
specimen inspection and test shall meet related regulations in DL/T 869.

4.7 Information data to complete qualification assessment shall be

summarized and qualification results shall be confirmed by welding engineers.

4.8 Qualification information data shall be filed and kept.

4.9 Qualification information data reviewed and approved may be generally

used within the same quality management system.

5 Basic Regulations
5.1 Qualification parameters
Classes and contents of qualification parameters of different welding

methods refer to Form

5.2 Principles for Re-qualification

5.2.1 Re-qualification shall be carried out when primary parameters change or

primary parameters exceed applicable coverage specified by the standard.

5.2.2 When primary parameters have been qualified, for welding pieces
required for impact toughness test, only impact toughness test on
supplementary test pieces welded under conditions original primary
parameters are applicable to.

5.2.3 When secondary parameters alter, only welding process (job) guide book
is needed to revise, but re-qualification is not necessary.

5.3 Welding Methods

5.3.1 Different welding methods shall be qualified separately, not qualified

mutually for each other.

5.3.2 If combination of more than one welding method is evaluated for

qualification, each welding method may be evaluated for qualification
separately or in combined form. When each welding method is applied
separately or in combined form, metal thickness of welding seam is effective
within their own applicable range of qualified thickness.

5.4 Steel Materials

5.4.1 Steel classes and grades are specifies as follows:

a) Common domestic steel classes and grades refer to Form 2;
b) Common foreign steel classes and grades refer to Annex A, which may
be treated equally as corresponding domestic steel classes;
c) Steels not listed in forms may, if similar to a steel brand in Form 2 or
 Annex A in terms of their chemical composition, structure types
mechanical properties and welding characteristics, be listed into
corresponding class for qualification.

5.4.2 Steels to be used for the first time must be evaluated for qualification.

Form 1 Primary Parameters, Additional Primary Parameters and Secondary

Parameters of Different Welding Methods
Qualification Parameters Primary Parameters(△)/ Additional Primary Parameters(▲
Secondary Parameters(O)
Class Content Electrode Argon Gas Hidden Gas Flux-Cored
Arc Arc Welding Arc Shield Welding
Welding Welding Welding Welding Wire
Steel Steel Class
and Grade
Applicable
coverage of
steel
thickness
and welding
seam metal
thickness
Applicable
coverage of
pipe
diameters
Constituents Filler metal
of welding added or
material and cancelled
deposited Preset or
metal additional
filler metal
added,
cancelled or
changed
Welding
electrode
class
changed
Welding wire
class
changed
Flux class
changed
Flux-cored
wire
changed to
solid-cored
wire or vice
versa
Welding
seam metal
thickness
exceeding
applicable
coverage
Combustible
gas type and
its ratio
changed
Shied gas
type and its
ratio
changed
Gas flow
exceeding
qualification
value±10%
Root side
shied gas
added or
cancelled
Basic
electrode
changed to
acid
electrode
Back plate
added or
cancelled
Filling
material
designation
changed
Flux grain
size altered
Tungsten
electrode
type or
diameter
altered
Groove or
dimension
altered
 Groove root
intermittent
or root face
altered
Welding Welding
position position
altered
Pre-heat and Applicable
post-welding range of
heat treatment pre-heat
temperature
exceeded
More than
o
50 C of
interlayer
temperature
changed
Post-welding
heat
treatment
added or
cancelled
Teat
treatment
specification
parameters
changed
Interval time
between
welding
completion
and heat
treatment
Electrical Heat input
Characteristics quantity
range
exceeded
Fusion
droplets
transited
from
short-circuit
form to other
form, or vice
versa
Power
supply type
or polarity
changed
Distance
from auto
welding
electrode
nozzle to
work piece
changed
Welding
speed
variation
range 10%
more than
qualification
value
Jet nozzle
size
changed
Form 1 (Cont’d)
Qualification Parameters Primary Parameters(△)/ Additional Primary Parameters(▲)/
Secondary Parameters(O)
Class Content Electrode Argon Gas Hidden Gas Flux-Cored
Arc Arc Welding Arc Shield Welding
Welding Welding Welding Welding Wire
Welding Leftward
Process welding
changed to
rightward
welding or vice
versa
Sing amplitude,
frequency and
dwell time at
both ends
changed
Pre-welding,
root and
interlayer
cleaning
methods
changed
Multi-pass
welding
changed to
single-pass
welding on
each side
With or without
welding seam
hammered
Single welding
wire changed to
multiple welding
wires or vice
versa
Single-sided
welding
changed to
double sided
welding or vice
versa
Flame nature
changed
Vertically
upward welding
changed to
Vertically
downward
welding
Hand welding
changed to
automatic
welding
(semi-automatic
welding), or
vice versa
Form 2 Common Domestic Steel Classes and Grades
Class and Grade Steel Brand Corresponding
Class Code Grade Code Standard No.
Carbon A Carbon steel I
steel (carbon
and content
plain ≤0.35%)
low
alloy
steel
Plain low II
alloy steel 1)
(Re≤400MPa)
 Plain alloy Ⅲ
steel
(Re>400MPa)

Form 2 (Cont’d)
Class and Grade Steel Brand Corresponding
Class Code Grade Class Code Standard No.
Grade
Heat B Pearlite I
Resistant steel
High
Strength
Steel and
Alloy
Structure Bainite II
Steel steel
Martensite III
steel
Stainless C Martensite I
Steel
Ferrite II

Austenite III

1) Based on regulations in GB/T 228-2002, original metal mechanical property

index yield limit(σs) is re-defined . The symbol for newly defined yield strength is
Rs.

5.4.3 Replacement Principles for Steel Class A and B Application

a) For welding of the same steel and qualification of steels of the class
and same grade, steel with higher alloy content may replace steel with
lower alloy content, not vice versa.
b) For welding of the same steel, with steels of the same class but
different grades, qualification for higher grade steel applies to
qualification for lower grade steel.
c) For welding of steels of the same class but different grades, refer to
Form 3 for applicable coverage of specific welding processes.
d) Welding joints of dissimilar steels Class BIII and Class A and B formed
shall be assessed for qualification separately.

5.4.4 Steel Class C shall be qualified separately according to their grades,

never substituted with each other, whose joints with steel Class B and A shall
be all qualified separately.

Form 3 Applicable Coverage of Qualified Welding Processes

Condition for Qualification Applicable Coverage
AII and AII Welding joints formed between AII
and AII or AI
AIII and AIII Welding joints formed between AIII
 and AIII or AII , AI
BI and BI Welding joints formed between BI and
BI or AII, AI
BII and BII Welding joints formed between BII
and BII or BI, AII, AI

5.5 Classes and Welding Seam Types of Test Pieces to be Qualified

5.5.1 Test pieces are divided into three classes, i.e., Plate, Tubular and tubular
and plate.

5.5.2 Welding seams are divided into completely penetrated one and partially
penetrated one. Qualification for the former shall apply to qualification for the
latter, not vice versa.

5.5.3 Welding processes qualified for plate butt welding joint test piece shall
apply to tubular butt welding joint and vice versa.

5.5.4 Welding processes qualified for butt welding joint test piece shall apply to
fillet welding joint between tube and plate or tube and tube, vice versa.

5.5.5 Welding processes qualified for plate butt welding joint test piece shall
apply to fillet welding joint.

5.6 Test Piece Thickness and Welding Piece Thickness

5.6.1 Test piece thickness for qualification shall be selected as per welding
piece thickness from Form 4.

Form 4 Applicable Ranges of Test Piece Thickness corresponding to Base

Metal Thickness of Welding Piece
Base Metal Thickness of Applicable Ranges of Welding Piece thickness, mm
Test Piece δ, mm Down Limit Up Limit
1.5＜δ ≤8 1.5 2δ, and no more than 12
8＜δ ＜40 0.75δ 2δ
δ ≥40 0.75δ Not limited
5.6.2 Refer to Form 5 for welding seam metal thickness to qualify (δw) and
applicable range of welding seam metal thickness of welding piece.

Form 5 Applicable Ranges of Welding Seam Metal Thickness of Test Piece

Corresponding to Welding Seam Metal Thickness of Welding Piece
Welding Seam Metal Applicable Ranges of Welding Seam Metal
Thickness of Test Thickness of Welding Piece, mm
Pieceδw, mm Down Limit Up Limit
1.5＜δ ≤8 1.5 2δ, and no more than 12
8＜δ ＜40 0.75δ 2δ
δ ≥40 0.75δ Not limited

5.6.3 Qualified base metal thickness and welding seam metal thickness of fillet
welding of test piece applies to the same ranges of base metal thickness and
welding seam metal thickness of fillet welding of welding piece as specified in
Form 4 and 5, and welding seam metal thickness shall be calculated as per
corresponding regulations in DL/T 678. At this point, thickness of test piece
shall be executed as per following requirements:
- Thickness of plate-plate fillet welding joint test piece shall take web
thickness;
- Thickness of tube-base fillet welding joint test piece shall take branch
tube wall thickness;
- Thickness of tube-plate fillet welding joint test piece shall take tube wall
thickness.

5.6.4 Qualified butt test pieces with the same thickness shall apply to qualified
butt test pieces with the different thickness on two sides within said thickness
range.
5.6.5 Regulations for welding piece thickness relative to different welding
processes:
a) For qualification of combination of two or more welding processes,
welding piece thickness each welding process applies to shall never
exceed their own qualified applicable range, and max applicable
ranges of all welding processes shall never be superimposed;
b) For qualified gas welding process, applicable max. welding piece
thickness shall be the same as qualified test piece thickness;
c) Double-side welding by hidden arc welding process shall be treated as
per regulations in Form 4 and 5.

5.6.6 In addition to Form 4 and 5, following cases may be treated by referring

to principles as below:
a) Any qualified welding pass thickness more than 13 mm shall apply to
max. welding piece thickness equal to 1.1Xqualified test piece
thickness;
b) Except gas welding process, qualified test piece shall, if being
post-welding heat treated beyond critical temperature (AC1), apply to
max. welding piece thickness equal to 1.1Xqualified test piece
thickness; Test piece qualified for tubular butt joint with diameter no
more than 140 mm and wall thickness no less than 20 mm shall apply
to welding piece thickness equal to qualified test piece thickness.

5.7 Tube Diameters

5.7.1 Tube outer diameter (D0, ditto below) no more than 60 mm qualified by
full argon arc welding process shall apply to welding piece without tube outer
diameter specified.

5.7.2 Other tube outer diameters to qualify shall apply to range of tube outer
diameter of welding piece: down limit 0.5D0, up limit not specified.

5.8 Welding materials

5.8.1 Selected filler metal shall match steel material. For welding dissimilar
steels, special welding materials shall be first selected. In case special welding
materials are out of supply, materials shall be selected as per regulations in
DL/T 752.

5.8.2 Welding materials are classified as per following regulations:

a) Refer to From 6 and 7 for electrode and wire classes respectively:

Form 6 Electrode Classes

Class & Grade Electrode Model Corresponding
Class Code Grade Code Standard No.
Carbon A Carbon Steel Ⅰ GB/T 5117
Steel & (Carbon
Plain content≤0.35%)
Low Plain Low Alloy Ⅱ GB/T 5118
Alloy Steel (Re ≤400
Steel MPa)
Plain Low Alloy Ⅲ GB/T 5118
Steel (Re >400
MPa)
Heat B Pearlite Steel Ⅰ GB/T 5118
Resistant
High
Strength
Steel and
Alloy
Structure Bainite Steel Ⅱ GB/T 5118
Steel

Martensite Ⅲ GB/T 983

Steel

Stainless C Martensite Ⅰ GB/T 983

Steel Ferrite Ⅱ GB/T 983
Austenitic Ⅲ GB/T 983
Form 7 Classes of Wires for Different Welding Processes
Class & Grade Gas Welding, Hidden Arc Gas Shield Welding Argon Arc Welding Flux-Cored Wire
Welding
Class Code Grade Code Wire Model Corresponding Wire Corresponding Wire Corresponding Wire Correspon
Standard No. Model Standard No. Model Standard No. Model Standard N
Carbon A Carbon Steel Ⅰ
Steel & (Carbon
Plain content≤0.35%)
Low
Alloy Plain Low Alloy Ⅱ -- --
Steel Steel (δs ≤400
MPa)
Plain Low Alloy Ⅲ -- --
Steel (δs >400
MPa)
Heat B Pearlite Steel Ⅰ --
Resistant
High
Strength
Steel and
Alloy Bainite Steel Ⅱ --
Structure
Steel Martensite Ⅲ -- -- --
Steel
Stainless C Martensite Ⅰ -- -- -- --
Steel Ferrite Ⅱ -- -- -- -- -- --
 Austenitic Ⅲ -- -- -- --

--
-
 b) See Form 8 for flux classes. When bended flux is used, additional
classification shall be conducted as per ratio of blended components;
c)Electrodes, wires and fluxes not listed in Form 6, 7 and 8 may, if they are
similar to those in Form 6, 7 and 8 in terms of chemical constituents,
mechanical properties and technological characteristics, be classified as
corresponding classes and grades, otherwise, separate qualification shall
be carried out;
d) Foreign electrodes, wires and fluxes shall not be used until related
information data are consulted or demonstrated by tests and confirmed.
If similar to those in Form 6, 7 and 8 in terms of chemical constituents
and performances, they may be classified as corresponding classes
and grades and treated equally as domestic welding materials;
e) Quality and properties of pre-set filler metals shall match base metals.

5.8.3 Different classes of electrodes and wires shall be qualified separately.

For electrodes and wires of the same class but different grades, qualified
higher grade may apply to qualified lower grade; Electrodes in the same class
may, if qualified for acid electrodes, be exempt from qualification for alkali
electrodes.

5.8.4 In following cases, filler metals and welding materials shall be

re-qualified.
a) Filler metal is added or cancelled, and filler metal constituents of filler
metal are changed;
b) Filler metal is changed from solid-core wire to flux-cored wire or vice
versa.
 Form 8 Flux Classes
Class & Grade Wire Model Corresponding
Class Code Grade Code Standard No.
Carbon A Carbon Steel Ⅰ GB/T 5293
Steel & (Carbon
Plain content≤0.35%)
Low Plain Low Alloy Ⅱ GB/T 12470
Alloy Steel (δs ≤400
Steel MPa)
Plain Low Alloy Ⅲ GB/T 12470
Steel (δs >400
MPa)

5.8.5 When gas for welding is changed, re-qualification shall be carried out:
a) Class of flammable gas or shield gas is changed;
b) Shield gas for root side is cancelled.

5.9 Welding Positions

5.9.1 Welding positions and symbols to qualify shall comply with regulations in
DL/T 679.

5.9.2 Refer to Form 9 for welding position range of welding piece qualified
welding position and symbol shall apply to.
 Form 9 Applicable Ranges of Qualified Welding Positions
Type of Test Qualified Welding Applicable Welding Position of
Piece Position Welding Piece
Plate Tubular
Plate Flat welding(1G) 1G and 1F, 2F 1F,1G
Horizontal 1G,2G and 1F,2F 1F,1G and 2F
Welding(2G)
Vertical 1G,3G and 1F, 3F 1F,1G,5G and 4F,
Welding(3G) 5F
Overhead 1G,3G,4G and 1F, 1G,5G and 4F,
Welding (4G) 1F,2F, 3F, 4F 5F
Horizontal All positions 1G,2G,5G and
Welding (2G)+ 1F,2F,4F,5F
Vertical Welding
(3G)+ Overhead
Welding (4G)
Tubular Horizontal Rotary 1G and 1F, 2F 1G
Welding (1G)
Vertical Fixed 2G and 2F 1G, 2G and 2F
Welding (2G)
Horizontal Fixed 1G,3G,4G and 1G,5G and 4F,5F
Welding (5G) 1F,3F,4F
Vertical and 1G,2G,3G,4G and 1G,2G,5G and
Horizontal Fixed 1F,2F,3F,4F 2F,4F,5F
Welding (2G+5G)
 45o Fixed All positions All positions
Welding (6G)
Notes: 1 At vertical welding position, when welding pass at root layer is
changed from upward welding to downward welding, or voce versa,
re-qualification shall be carried out.
2 For welding tubes with diameter ≤60 mm by gas welding process or
tungsten argon arc welding process. Horizontal fixed welding to be qualified
may apply to all welding positions of welding piece.
3 For automatic welding of tubes at all positions, tubular test piece must
be used for qualification, which shall not be substituted with plate test piece.

5.10 Pre-heating (and Interlayer Temperature)

5.10.1 Requirement for pre-heating and interlayer temperature shall, if any, be

executed as per Form 1.

5.10.2 When pre-heating temperature of test piece to be qualified exceeds

pre-defined technological parameter, re-qualification shall be carried out:
a) When pre-heating temperature of test piece to be qualified reduces by
more than 50o;
b) For welding piece required for impact toughness, when interlayer
temperature increases by more than 50o.

5.11 Post-Welding Heat Treatment

5.11.1 Post-welding heat treatment contains two classes: conducted and not
conducted.
5.11.2 Post-welding heat treatment shall conform to regulations in DL/T 819.
5.11.3 Post-welding heat treatment shall be conducted strictly in accordance
with regulations for heat treatment of different steels. Interval time between
post-welding heat treatment and welding operation completion must meet
regulations in DL/T 869.

5.12 Electrical Characteristics

 In following cases, supplementary impact test shall be made;
a) Automatic Consumable electrode welding drop transfers from jet, drop
or pulse to short-circuit, or vice versa;
b) When DC power is used, pulses are added or cancelled;
c) AC power is changed to DC power, or vice versa;
d) In electrode arc welding, hidden arc welding, consumable electrode gas
shield welding and flux-cored wire arc welding, Power type and polarities
of DC power are changed.

5.13 Welding Specification Parameters and Operating Techniques

When welding specification parameters and operating techniques anr
changed, re-qualification shall be conducted or technological instruction book
shall be altered based on parameter types.

5.13.1 When following changes of welding specification parameters occur:

a) Nature of gas welding flame is changed from oxidizing flame to
reducing flame, or vice versa;
b) For automatic welding, distance from electrode nozzle to work piece is
changed;
c) Welding speed variation range is 10% more than qualified value;
d) Model or size of any welding equipment is changed.

5.13.2 Following changes of operating techniques occur:

a) No swinging process is changed to swinging process, or vice versa;
b) Leftward welding is changed to rightward welding, or vice versa;
c) Vertical upward up welding is changed to vertical downward welding;
d) In automatic welding, wire swing width, frequency and dwell time at
both ends are changed;
e) Single-side welding is changed to double-side welding, or vice versa;
f) Hand-operated welding is changed to automatic welding, or vice versa;
g) Multi-pass welding is changed to single-pass welding;
 h) Welding seam backgouging is added or cancelled;
i) Pre-welding or interlayer cleaning method or extent is changed;
j) Welding seam is hammer impacted or not after welding.

5.14 Others
Welding process qualification results shall apply to return repair welding.

6 Qualification Items and Test Specimen Preparation

6.1 Qualification Items

If there is no special requirements for qualification items and quantity, refer
to From 10 and 11 respectively for qualification items and specified number of
test specimen of butt joint, angle joint and T-joint.

Form 10 Qualification Items and Specified Number of Test Specimen of Butt

Joint 8),9)
Test Qualification Items and Number of Test Specimen
Specimen Appearance Ray 1) Bending2) Hardness Impact Test 4)
Thickness Check Inspection Tensile 6)
t, mm Face Back Side Welding Heat
bend bend bend 3) Seam Affec
Area Area
T＜8 All All 2 2 2 3
8≤t＜20 2 2 2 3
t≥20 2 3) 3
 1) For tubes with diameter D0≤32 mm, a whole technological test tube may supersedes
dissected tensile test specimen.
2) When there is obvious difference in bending performance between base metals on b
sides of welding seam of test piece or between welding seam metal and base me
longitudinal bend test may replace transverse bend test, two face bends and two b
bends each shall be taken for longitudinal bend test. If longitudinal bend test specim
fail to be prepared, crushing test may be conducted as per GB/T 2653.
3) When base metal thickness exceeds 20 mm, 4 side bend test specimen may substi
two face bend and two back bend test specimen.
4) In addition to requirements by product specification, steel Class AIII and Class BIII s
withstand impact toughness test.
5) If impact toughness test is required, 3 test specimen each shall be taken from h
affected area and welding seam; for welding joint of dissimilar steels, 3 test specim
each shall be taken from each side of heat affected area and welding seam respectiv
If combined welding method(process) is used, welding seam metal and heat affected
each welding method(process) shall be included in impact test specimen.
6) When test piece dimensions are not allowed to prepare a 5mmX10mmX55mm imp
test specimen, impact test may be cancelled.
7) If heat treatment is required, hardness test shall be conducted. If hardness tes
required, at least 3 points at each position (near welding seam and toe) shall
measured and averaged value shall be taken.
8) Micro- metallographic structure on welding seam cross section of welding jo
between dissimilar steels Class BIII, Class C and other steel brands shall be tested.
9) Class C steel component used in corrosion liable environment shall withstand s
corrosion test.

Form 11 Qualification Items and Number of Test specimen with Fillet

Welding Seam
Joint Type Appearance Check Macro Metallographic
Structure Inspection
Plate & base Required 4
Plate Required 5
Note: Refer to Fig. 1 and 2 for sampling positions for metallographic
inspection.

6.2 Cutting Test Specimen

6.2.1 After test piece is checked by appearance and NDT, test specimen may
be prepared by avoiding defects.
6.2.2 Refer to Fig. 1 for cutting positions of test pieces with plate butt welding
seam.

Discarded
This Section Discarded This Section

Face bend* Test Specimen

Test Specimen
Tensile Test Specimen Tensile

Back bend* Test Specimen

Metallograp Test Specimen Metallograp Test Specimen

Face bend* Test Specimen

Tensile Test Specimen Tensile Test Specimen

Back bend* Test Specimen

Test Specimen Impact Test Specimen

Impact

This Section Discarded This Section Discarded

b) for Transverse a) for Longitudinal

Note: Sampling positions for side bend test specimen are same as that for face bend and back bend ones
Fig. 1 Cutting positions of Test Specimen with Plate Butt Joint (in mm)

6.2.3 Refer to Fig.2 for cutting positions of test specimen with tubular butt joint.

1-Tensile Test Specimen 2- Face Bend Test Specimen 3- Back bend Test
Specimen
4- Impact Test Specimen 5- Metallographic Test Specimen
Notes: 1 ③ ⑥ ⑨and ⑿ are clock hour symbols for horizontal fixed
welding.
2 When side bending is made, test specimen 2 and 3 are taken as
 side bend test specimen.
Fig. 2 Cutting Positions of test Specimen with Tubular Butt Joint

6.2.4 Refer to Fig. 3 for cutting positions of test specimen with plate fillet joint.

Min. 150 Min. 300

Metallographic Test Specimen

Min. 150

Notes: 1 Welding leg is equal to T2, and no more than 20 mm.

2 Dimensions of metallographic test specimen shall just include all
welding seams, fusion lines and heat affected areas, but allowance for
hardness check shall be considered.
Fig. 3 Test Piece and Test Specimen with Plate Fillet Joint (in mm)

6.2.5 Test specimen of test piece with tube-plate joint and tube-base joint shall
be cut as shown in Fig. 4.

>12,

and

>3.5 X

tube

wall

thick
≧ 12, and ≧ 3.5 X
ness
tube wall thickness

Macro Inspection Macro Inspection Cross Section of

Cross Section of Test Test Specimen

b) Tube-Plate Fillet Joint
Specimen
a) Tube-Base Fillet Joint

Note: Dimensions of test specimen for macro metallographic inspection

shall just include all welding seams, fusion lines and heat affected areas,
but allowance for hardness check shall be considered.
Fig.4 Cutting Test Specimen with Tube-Plate and Tube-Base Fillet
joints (in mm)
7 Test Methods and Qualification Criteria

7.1 Inspection of Welding Seam Appearance

7.1.1 Butt joint metal shall not be lower than base metal, fillet joint leg height
shall meet height specified in welding process document.
7.1.2 Requirements for butt joint and fillet joint appearance inspection shall be
as follows:
a) There shall be no surface crack, incomplete fusion, inclusions, arc pits
or air holes in welding joints and heat affected areas;
b) Welding seam undercut depth shall be no more than 0.5 mm. Total
undercut length of tube butt joint on both sides hall be: no more than
20% total seam length for tubular piece and no more than 15% total
seam length for plate piece.

7.2 Welding Seam Non-Destructive Test (NDT)

7.2.1 Ray flaw detection of tubular test piece shall be conducted as per DL/T
821, and welding seam quality shall be no lower than Class II.
7.2.2 Ray flaw detection of plate test piece shall be conducted as per GB/T
3323, and welding seam quality shall be no lower than Class II.
7.2.3 Surface magnetic particle and penetration inspections shall be performed
as per related regulations in JB 4730.

7.3 Tensile Test

7.3.1 Test Specimen
7.3.1.1 Excess height of welding seam of test specimen shall be removed
mechanically, flush with base metal.
7.3.1.2 Thickness of test specimen shall be approximate to thickness of base
metal. Test specimen with thickness less than 30 mm may use full thickness
test. If load borne by pulling machine fails to do full thickness test, full
thickness test specimen may be machined into two or more flaky test
specimen with equal size and least strips which can be tested on present
equipment. When multiple test specimen are to be used, each group of test
specimen shall be regarded accordingly as a single test specimen required for
tensile test, i.e., all test specimen representing the full thickness of welding
seam at a position shall be formed as a group.
7.3.1.3 If pulling machine bearing load can meet test requirement, for tubes
with outer diameter less than 32 mm, tensile test may be conducted by using
full cross section test specimen. Refer to Fig. 5 for test specimen for tube joint
full cross section tensile test.

Min. D1
Min.
Min. D1
V-Shaped 2D

Clamp

Tongs of

Testing

Machine

Fig. 5 Full Cross Section Tensile test Specimen of Tube Joint

7.3.1.4 Test specimen shall be prepared according to GB/T 2649.

7.3.2 Test and Qualification

7.3.2.1 Tensile test shall be conducted as per testing method stipulated by

GB/T 2651.
7.3.2.2 Tensile strength of each test specimen of welding joint between the
same materials shall be no lower than down limit of specified tensile strength
value of base metal.
7.3.2.3 Tensile strength of each test specimen of welding joint between
dissimilar steels shall be no lower than down limit of specified tensile strength
value of base metal on the side with lower tensile strength.
7.3.2.4 If tensile test is conducted by using two or more flaky test specimen,
average value of each group of test specimen at the same thickness position
shall meet above-mentioned requirement.
7.3.2.5 When product specification specifies that tensile strength of seam
metal is lower than tensile strength of base metal, joint tensile strength shall be
no lower than down limit of specified fusion metal tensile strength value.
7.3.2.6 If test specimen is ruptured in base metal outside fusion line, provided
that strength is not 95% lower than specified base metal tensile strength value,
test requirement may be regarded met.

7.4 Bending Test

7.4.1 Forms of Test Specimen
7.4.1.1 Test specimen may be divided into transverse face (root) bend one,
longitudinal face (root) bend one and side bend one.
7.4.1.2 Refer to Fig.6 for transverse face bend test specimen of test piece with
butt joint.

Plate Tube

Fig. 6 Face Bend Test Specimen of Plate and Tubular Test Piece

7.4.1.3 Refer to Fig.7 for transverse back bend test specimen of test piece with
butt joint.

Plate Tube

Fig. 7 Back bend Test Specimen of Plate and Tubular Test Piece

7.4.1.4 Refer to Fig.8 for longitudinal face bend and back bend test specimen
of test piece with butt joint.
 Face Back bend

Fig. 8 Longitudinal Face Bend and Back Bend Test Specimen

7.4.1.5 Refer to Fig. 9 for transverse side bend test specimen of test piece with
butt joint.

7.4.2 Dimensions of Test Specimen

7.4.2.1 Thickness of Face Bend and Back Bend Test Specimen: test specimen
thickness t shall be equal or approximate to T when test piece thickness T≤10
mm; t=10 mm when T> 10 mm.

Fig. 9 Transverse Side Bend Test Specimen

7.4.2.2 For plate test piece and tubular test piece with diameter larger than 10
mm, width of face bend and back bend test specimen B=40 mm. For tubular
test piece with diameter 50 mm-100 mm, width of test specimen B=20 mm. For
tubular test piece with diameter less than 50 mm, width of test specimen B=10
mm.
7.4.2.3 Width of transverse side bend test specimen: when test piece
thickness is 20 –40 mm, test specimen width B shall be equal to width of test
piece.
7.4.2.4 Thickness of transverse side bend test specimen t=10 mm.
7.4.2.5 Length of test specimen L=D+2.5t+100.
Where, D—Diameter of bending axle, in mm;
t—thickness of test specimen, in mm.
Arris of tensile face of test specimen R shall be less than 3 mm.
7.4.3 Machining Test Specimen
7.4.3.1 Excess welding seam height shall be removed from face bend and
back bend pulled face, and primitive surface of base metal shall be maintained
as possible, then compressed side shall be machined to remove excess part.
Undercut and welding root notch on pulled face shall never be removed.

7.4.4 Test Method

7.4.4.1 Bending test method shall follow regulations I GB/T 2653, and test
shall be conducted on a bending device with two pivots and a bending axle.
Refer to Fig. 10.

Fig. 10 Diagram of Bending Test Conditions

7.4.4.2 Bending test conditions shall be specified as in Form 12.

Form 12 Bending Test Conditions
Test Specimen Diameter of Space between Bending Angle o
Thickness t, mm Bending Axle D, Pivots l, mm
mm
≤10 4t 6t+3 180

7.4.4.3 For base metal with down limit of rupture elongation rate A less than
20% specified by standard and specification, if it is qualified for bending test
but measured value <20%, diameter of bending axle is allowed to be increased
to do test, then:
diameter of bending axle D=t (100-δX100)/(AX100) mm,
space between pivots l=(D+2.5t) ±0.5t mm.
7.4.4.4 Typically, test shall be done at ambient temperature, Test specimen
and ambient temperatures shall be specified to be 10-35oC.
7.4.4.5 Center of welding seam of test specimen shall be aligned with axis of
bending axle. During test, force shall be applied smoothly, continuously,
without impact. Test rate shall be less than 1 mm/s.
7.4.4.6 During side bend test, if defect exists on surface of test specimen, the
side with severer defect on shall be taken as tensile surface.
7.4.4.7 During test, bending angle shall be measured with test specimen
bearing load.

7.4.5 Bending Test Qualification Criteria

With test specimen bent to specified angle, there shall be no rupture defect
longer than 3 mm in any direction within heat affected area on tensile surface
of each flaky test specimen. Except cracks on edge angles, rupture defects
caused due to inclusions or other internal defects shall be counted.

7.5 Impact Test

7.5.1 Impact Test Specimen

7.5.1.1 Impact test specimen, dimensions and test method shall conform to
related regulations in GB/T 2650 and GB/T 229, types of test specimen shall
be specified by technical specification.
7.5.1.2 Notch axis of welding seam metal test specimen shall be vertical to
welding seam surface. Notch axis of heat affected area test specimen shall if
not specified by technical specification, be vertical to welding seam surface,
notch axis shall intersect with fusion line, and notch shall be cut in heat
affected area. Refer to Fig. 11 for sampling schematic diagram.
 Welding Seam
Heat Affected Area Heat Affected Welding Seam Metal
Metal
Area

b) Taken from welding seam metal a) Taken from Heat Affected Area

t-Base Metal Thickness, mm;

t1-Distance between Base Metal Surface and Test Specimen Surface 1-2
mm
Note: t2: when t> 60 mm, distance between base metal surface and test
specimen axis shall be 0.25t. If test specimen axis fails to be at this place,
sample may be taken at a proper position within 0.25t-0.5t range.
Fig. 11 Schematic Diagram of Sampling Impact Test Specimen

7.5.1.3 Refer to Fig. 12 for sampling positions of impact test specimen with
double-side welding heat affected areas.

a- Welding Seam Fusion Metal Area

b- Heat Affected Area
Fig. 12 Schematic Diagram of Sampling Impact Test Specimen with
Double-Side Welding Heat Affected Areas

7.5.2 Impact Test Qualification Criteria

Qualification criteria shall be as follows: Impact work average value of
three test specimen (Standard test piece: cross section 10 by 10 mm2, V-notch)
shall be lower than down limit value of steel specified by related technical
document, and no less than 27J, where impact work of one test specimen is
allowed to be lower than specified value but not 70% lower than specified
value.
Note: When impact test specimen with other cross section is to be used,
impact toughness value may be calculated for qualification with reference to
this article.
7.6 Macro and Micro Metallographic Examination

7.6.1 Test Specimen

7.6.1.1 Refer to Fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4 for cutting test specimen. Refer to Form 10
and 11 for number of cut test specimen.
7.6.1.2 Test specimen shall be cut to welding bead joint as possible.
7.6.1.3 One surface of each piece of test specimen shall be taken for macro
metallographic examination, the same notch shall not be acted as two
examination surfaces.
7.6.1.4 Micro metallographic examination shall be performed as per
regulations in Guidelines to Metallographic Examination in Electric Power
Construction.

7.6.2 Qualification Criteria

7.6.2.1 Qualification criteria for macro metallographic examination shall be as
follows:
a) Regulations in Form 9II and above in DL/T 869-2004 shall be met;
b) Difference between two welding legs of fillet joint shall be no more than
3 mm;
c) There shall be no incomplete penetration in double-side welding butt
joints, fillet joints required for complete penetration in backing strip
welding joints and welding joints with tungsten electrode argon arc
welding bottomed.
7.6.2.2 Qualification criteria for micro metallographic examination shall be as
follows: no crack, or burnt structure, or hardened martensite structure, and no
cellular precipitation and cellular structure of high alloy steel, and
metallographic structure conforming to related technical requirements.

7.7 Hardness Test

7.7.1 Hardness test may be performed on metallographic (macro) test
specimen.
7.7.2 Test may be performed with reference to related requirements in GB/T
2654 0r GB/T 231.1.
7.7.3 Qualification criteria for hardness test may observe related regulations in
product specification. Typically, hardness of welding seam and heat affected
area shall not be 90% lower than hardness value of base metal, not exceed
Brinell hardness of base metal plus 100 HB, and not exceed following
regulations.
Hardness≤270HB when total alloy content<3%;
Hardness≤300HB when total alloy content is 3%-10%;
Hardness≤350HB when total alloy content>10%
7.7.4 Hardness limits of welding joints between dissimilar steels shall meet
regulations in DL/T 752.

8 Procedure and Management of Qualification Work

8.1 Procedure of Qualification Work

8.1.1 Welding process qualification items shall be determined according to
regulations in engineering drawings, technical documents and the standard,
and issued in form of Welding Process Qualification Prospectus (refer to
Annex B).
8.1.2 Welding process and qualification scheme shall be set up based on said
Welding Process Qualification Prospectus (refer to Annex B).
8.1.3 Welding process qualification shall be implemented.
8.1.4 Based on data for welding test piece and original reports and records
made during inspection, welding engineer responsible for qualification work
shall make comprehensive qualification conclusion and fill in Welding Process
Qualification Report (refer to Annex B).
8.1.5 Welding Process (Job) Instruction Book shall be documented relying on
said Welding Process Qualification Report.
8.2 Qualification Data
All primitive qualification data shall be collected, collated systematically,
filed and stored as technical information.

8.3 Qualification Data Application

8.3.1 Manufacturers shall understand applicable coverage of all qualification
items.
8.3.2 Qualification data application departments shall develop Welding
Process (Job) Instruction Book in sub-items, based on approved qualification
report, in combination with requirements for welding works and welder training
and as per project or training items.
8.3.3 Multiple Welding Process (Job) Instruction Books may be prepared
according to the same qualification report, or one Welding Process (Job)
Instruction Book may be prepared according to multiple qualification reports.
8.3.4 Preparation for Welding Process (Job) Instruction Book must be presided
by welding professional engineer of application department.
8.3.5 Welding Process (Job) Instruction Book shall be distributed and
explained technically in detail to welders before works welding commencement
or welder training examination.
 Annex A
(Informative Annex)
Classification of Common Foreign Steel Materials
 Form A.1 Classification of Common Foreign Steel Materials
Class & Grade Domestic Steel Foreign Steel
Class Code Grade Code US (ASTM) Japan (JIS) Germany Former
(DIN) Soviet
Union
(ГОСТ)
Carbon A Carbon Ⅰ
Steel & Content≤0.35%
Plain
Low
-- --
Alloy
Lower Yield Ⅱ -- --
Steel
Strength less
than 400MPa
-- --

Lower Yield Ⅲ -- --
Strength more
than 400MPa
-- --

Heat B Pearlite Steel Ⅰ --

Resistant
High
Strength
Steel &
Alloy
Structure --
Steel
Form A.1(Cont’d)
Class & Grade Domestic Steel Foreign Steel
Class Code Grade Code US (ASTM) Japan (JIS) Germany Former
(DIN) Soviet
Union
(ГОСТ)
Heat B Bainite Ⅱ -- -- --
Resistant Steel -- -- -- --
High Martensite Ⅲ
Strength Steel
Steel &
Alloy
Structure
Steel
Stainless C Martensite Ⅰ -- -- -- --
Steel Ferrite Ⅱ -- -- -- --
Austenite Ⅲ --

--
 Annex B
(Informative Annex)
Format of Welding Process Qualification Prospectus, Scheme and Report
 Form B.1 Welding Process Qualification Prospectus
No.:
Product Name Application
Coverage
Qualification Qualification
Item Purpose
Basic data of Steel
Steel Brand Class &
Grade No.
Designation Compliant
Standard
Chemical C Mn Si Cr Mo V Ni W B S P
Constituents
℅
Upper Critical Lower Welding
Point(℃) Critical Performance
Point
Basic Requirements for Welding Joints
Tensile Strength Yield Rupture Cold Bend Impact Work Hardness
Rm Strength Elongation 180° J HB
MPa Rc Rate Z
MPa %

Others
Qualification
Unit
Qualification Prospectus Signer and his/her Qualification
Responsibility Name Qualification Date Official Seal of Signing
(Title) Unit
Developed by Day
Month
Year
Checked by Day
Month
Year
Approved by Day
Month
Year
 Form B.2 Welding Process Qualification Scheme
No.:
Prospectus No. Product Name
Qualification Item Qualification Purpose
Steel to be Qualified
Steel Brand and Class & Grade Class /Grade and
Class /Grade
Steel Thickness Diameter
Qualification Conclusion of Steel Constituents and Inspection
Property Review Report No.
Steel Weldability Demonstration
Data No.
Joint Type & Bead Design
Joint Class Butt Schematic: Bead Schematic:
Groove Type
Pad & material
Bead Design
Welding Seam metal Thickness
Welding Technique
Type Automation Level
Filler Material & Shield Gas
Welding Wire Model Designation Shield Gas Flow
Materials gas Class
Electrode Designation Back Flow
(Flux) Shield
Model
 Tungsten Designation Delayed Flow
Electrode Shield
Model
Others
Inspection Items of Test Piece
Inspection Appearance NDT Mechanical Properties Bending Metallographic Hardness Others
Items Tensile Impact Cold Test Examination
Strength Test Bend
Requirement
(Yes or No)
 Form B.2 (Cont’d)
Welding Positions and Number of Test Pieces
Welding Positions and Number of Test Pieces
Welding Positions Number of Test Pieces
Welding Process Parameters
Welding Dimensions Welding Electrode(Wire) Current Range(Gas Voltage Welding
Pass of Single method Pressure) Range, Speed
No. Layer & V range,
Single Model Size, Polarity Current, (Torch mm/min
Pass Width (Brand) mm (acetylene A Model,
by Height MPa) (Oxygen Welding
MPa) Tip No.)

Welding Technique
Welding with or Continuous or Electrode
without Swinging Intermittent Arc Weaving Mode
Welding
Method for Cleaning Root Layer Root Gouging or Single-Side
or Interlayer Welding & Double-Size
Forming
Welding Tip Size, mm Distance b/w Electrode Nozzle
and Work Piece, mm
Others
Pre-heating
Pre-heating Width mm interlayer
o
Temperature, C temperature
Pre-heating keeping
method
Post-heating and Post-welding Heat Treatment
Type of Heat Range of Holding Time,
Treatment heating hour
temperature,
mm
Heating Width, mm Holding Temperature
temperature Rising Rate,
o
width mm C/hour
Temperature Falling Others
o
Rate, C/hour
Qualified by: Qualification Plan Developer and his/her Qualification
Responsibility Name Qualification Date Official Se
(Title) Qualificatio
Developed by Day Month Year Unit & Ap
Authority
Checked by Day Month Year
Approved by Day Month Year

Form B.3 Welding Process Qualification Report

No.
Prospectus No. Corresponding Process
Qualification Scheme
No.
Items to be Qualified Name of Product
Steel to be Qualified
Steel Brand and Class & Grade and
Steel Thickness, mm Diameter, mm
Steel Weldability
Welding Process
Type Automation Level
Joint Type & Bead Design
Joint Type Groove Butt Schematic: Bead
Groove Type Schematic:
Padding and its material
Bead Design
Welding Seam Metal
Thickness
Filler Material & Shield Gas
Welding Wire Designation Protection Gas Flow
Materials Model gas Class
Electrode Designation Back Flow
(Flux) Shield
Model
Tungsten Designation Delayed Flow
Electrode Shield
Model
Others
Welding Positions
Qualification Unit, Presider and Welder
Qualification Unit Presider Welder
 Form B.3 (Cont’d)
Welding Process Parameters
Welding Layer, Bead Welding Electrode(Wire) Current Range(Gas Voltage Welding Others
Method Pressure) Range, Speed
Welding Dimensions Model Size, mm Polarity Current, A V range,
Pass of Single (Brand) (acetylene (Oxygen (Torch mm/min
No Layer & (Flame MPa) MPa) Model,
Single Nature) Welding
Pass Seam Tip No.)

Welding Technique
Welding with or Continuous or Electrode Weaving
without Swinging Intermittent Arc Mode
Welding
Method for Cleaning Root Gouging or
Root Layer or Single-Side Welding &
Interlayer Double-Size Forming
Welding Tip Size, mm Distance b/w Electrode
Nozzle and Work Piece
Others
Pre-heating
Pre-heating Width, mm Interlayer
Temperature, oC Temperature, oC
Pre-heat Holding Ambient Temperature,
o
Mode C
Post-heating and Post-welding Heat Treatment
Type of Heat Range of heating Holding
Treatment temperature, mm Time, hour
Heating Width, mm Temperature Keeping Temperature
Width, mm Rising Rate,
o
C/hour
Temperature Falling Others
o
Rate, C/hour
Conclusion on Apparent Inspection of Test Piece
Test Piece No. Defect Qualification Result Test Unit Test Report No.

NDT Conclusion
Test No. Inspection Sensitivity, Blackness Snsibilization Qualification Welding Test Unit Report
Method % Mode Class Flaw No.
 Form B.3 (Cont’d)
Tensile Test Conclusion
Test Width, mm Thickness, Cross Load, N Tensile Test Unit Report No.
Specimen mm Section Strength,
No. Area, MPa
mm2

Bending test Conclusion

Test Thickness, Bending Bending Test Unit Report No.
Specimen Width, mm Diameter, Face Back Bend Side Bend
No. mm Bend

Impact Test Conclusion

Test Notch Notch Size of Test Impact Impact Rupture Test Report
Specimen Shape Position Test Temperature, Work, Toughness, Section unit No.
No. Specimen oC J J/cm2 Condition

Metallographic Examination Conclusion

Name Test Specimen No. Defects on Inspection Qualification Test Unit Report No.
Surface Result
Macro

Micro

Hardness Test Conclusion

Test Specimen No. Base Metal Welding Seam Test Unit Report No.
 Form B.3 (Cont’d)
Name and Conclusion of Other Inspection Items
Test Defects Qualification Test Unit Report No.
Specimen Result
No.

Name and Conclusion of Other Inspection Items

Test Defects Qualification Test Unit Report No.
Specimen Result
No.

Comprehensive Qualification Conclusion

Process Qualification Report Preparation Staff and their Qualification

Duties Name Qualification Date Seal of
(Title) Approval
Drafted by Authority
Checked by
Approved by
Note: Inspection (Test) reports made by related units shall be taken as formal
annexes to said report, collated together and filed.